Remarkably, besides the popular conference between King Sheba and you can Queen Solomon, the very best legend inside the Beta Israel annals (and people out-of other peoples and you can people) spins around a woman, Queen Judith, variously known as Yodit, Gudit (“brand new bad”), Esther, Esato (=fire), Ga’wa, Tirda Gabaz, otherwise Isat. This lady has started caused by this new tenth century in addition to ecclesiastical refuse of Axum (the newest historic financial support of Aksumite Empire when you look at the Ethiopia), and you will this lady has become recognized as a royal Axumite little princess and you may the brand new Queen away from people from other countries, for instance the Bani al-Hamwiyah/Habasha (native people in Ethiopia), plus the Falashas (Hendrickx 2018; Steyn, 2019).